Alert archive / Indiana / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2017, 1:02 PM EDT for 27 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2017, 1:02 PM EDT (17:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 27 counties
Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Howard County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
505 WWUS73 KIND 171702 NPWIND URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 102 PM EDT Wed May 17 2017 INZ021-028>031-035>039-043>047-051>055-060>063-067>069-172300- /O.NEW.KIND.WI.Y.0004.170517T1702Z-170517T2300Z/ Carroll-Warren-Tippecanoe-Clinton-Howard-Fountain-Montgomery- Boone-Tipton-Hamilton-Vermillion-Parke-Putnam-Hendricks-Marion- Vigo-Clay-Owen-Morgan-Johnson-Sullivan-Greene-Monroe-Brown-Knox- Daviess-Martin- Including the cities of Lafayette, Frankfort, Kokomo, Crawfordsville, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Bloomington, and Vincennes 102 PM EDT Wed May 17 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 7 PM EDT this evening. * TIMING... Strongest winds during the afternoon. * WINDS...Sustained winds 25-30 mph and gusts near 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Loose objects will be blown around. High profile vehicles will become difficult to drive on east west roads. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 30 mph or wind gusts of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ White
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.